What does 10 TRILLION gallons of water even equate to?
That's one weather prediction for southern California in the next week. Gary Haupt
Forum Discussion
Fizz wrote:fulltimedaniel wrote:
Here is a quote from the Global Drought Information System website:
etc, etc,etc
One question for these people.
Where is the rain then?
Believe it or not it has to rain somewhere on earth. Obviously people who work for Global Drought Information System only see droughts.
Well I suggest you go to the website and read a bit. The NIDIS is headed by a DR Pulwarty here is a brief bio:
[COLOR=]Dr. Roger S. Pulwarty is the Senior Advisor for Climate Research in the NOAA Climate Program. His research and publications focus on climate, impacts assessment, and adaptation in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean.
Roger is a lead author on a number of national and international climate assessments, including the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Global Assessment of Disasters, the UN IPCC Special Reports on Water Resources and on Extremes.
He is a Convening Lead Author on Adaptation Planning and Implementation in the 2014 IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. Dr. Pulwarty has acted in advisory capacities on climate, natural resources and disaster risk reduction to several national and international agencies, including the Organization of American States, the Caribbean Economic Community (CARICOM) the Global Framework on Climate Services, the UNDP, UNEP and the InterAmerican Development and World Banks.
He co-chairs the UN World Meteorological Organization Climate Services Information System implementation team and the White House Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainability Task Force on the Water-Energy-Food nexus.
Sounds to me like he is imminently more qualified than most here to speak intelligently about Drought.
And keep in mind that just because it's raining in Bangkok and they are having one heck of a monsoon that rain does NOTHING for the drought in Rajasthan...or California Or Sub Saharan Africa.
Yes it is raining somewhere but not where it is needed most. But that certainly does not negate the FACT that there is a drought in another part of the world.
